Meerut to generate 12 MW power from 900 tonnes of waste collected daily

The commissioner also said the MMC will ensure that waste is collected from each house in the city. Representatives of private companies also addressed the meeting and gave a PowerPoint presentation on their solid waste management techniques.Uday Rana | TNN | December 23, 2016, 07:06 IST

Meerut: The city plans to generate electricity by using solid waste collected from 80 wards by adopting green technology. Addressing a meeting of Meerut Municipal Corporation (MMC) officials on Thursday, divisional commissioner Alok Sinha announced that 900 tonnes of solid waste, collected every day from 80 wards under MMC, will be used to produce 12 MW of power for the city.

The commissioner also said the MMC will ensure that waste is collected from each house in the city. Representatives of private companies also addressed the meeting and gave a PowerPoint presentation on their solid waste management techniques.

“The MMC has prepared a roadmap to dispose of waste from its 80 wards and clean over 220 small and large drains across the city. This plan also includes disposal of silt from drains. Under this plan, 900 tonnes of solid waste will be used to generate 12 MW of electricity,” Sinha said.

12 MW power will be generated on a daily basis, and the total cost of setting up the power plant will be around Rs 275 crore. The plant will be set up under the public-private partnership (PPP) model. Pick-up trucks used to collect garbage from people’s houses will be fitted with global position system (GPS) devices so that their movements can be tracked.

Municipal commissioner Devesh Singh Khushwaha said, “We had prepared a roadmap under the Municipal Solid Waste Rules, 2016. It includes garbage collection from homes, identification of garbage collection centres, transportation of waste from collection centres to dumping grounds, solid waste disposal, electricity generation and composting. We had asked private firms to present ‘expression of interest’ if they wanted to take up the contract. As of Thursday, we have received expression of interest from three private companies.”